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                             GOING C WN – Neutral Milk Hotel
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Tabbed by: nolanwalker93

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

If I know Jeff Mangum like I think I do, this guy hardly ever changes tuning for any of
his songs. Going Down is no exception. I may be off with some of the strumming here, but
this sounds pretty damn accurate to me:

CHORDS USED:
    Em       G        A        E           E         D           D
E|------| |------| |------| |------|    |------|  |------|    |------|
B|------| |------| |------| |------|    |------|  |------|    |------|
G|------| |------| |------| |------|    |--9---|  |------|    |--7---|
D|--2---| |--5---| |--7---| |--14--| OR |--9---|  |--12--| OR |--7---|
A|--2---| |--5---| |--7---| |--14--|    |--7---|  |--12--|    |--5---|
E|--0---| |--3---| |--5---| |--12--|    |--X---|  |--10--|    |--X---|

Main Riff:

This is actually the trickiest part of this song. This is the closest I could come to
it, and while it isn't 100%, its still pretty spot on:


   v
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------0-0-2-2-2-2-2p0-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---0h2------------------2p0---------------------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Don't be afraid to hit the E string while playing any singular notes.

Main riff plays throughout verse:

I crush the world I was in
Will I destroy the world I will find?
I'll work the tools with my hands
I'll stick the needles in my eyes

CHORUS:

E
And in my celebration

D
You are by my side

A                Em G Em
And now I'm going down


E
And through the complications

D
Something inside me died

A                Em G Em
And now I'm going down

Back to MAIN RIFF for the next Verse:

Bring down the sky with my tears
Dig up the earth with my hands
Take a look inside of my head
Maybe then you could understand

Repeat CHORUS x1

Bridge:

Em, A, Em, A (To get that momentary bassy note on the A chord, lift your finger quick
off the E string while playing it at whatever time seems fit)

Em
So long again, my friend

A                                       Em     A
I guess it's time that I should let you know

Em
These things, they come around

A                                  Em           A
I guess they just get hard to let them go

Em
You wait around a while

A                                    Em          A
You'll never seem to find that faith in me

Em
You close your eyes and smile

A             Em   A
Forever I will be

Go back to MAIN RIFF

I know the way and I will go
I know the way and I will find
It's all around me and I told you so
I'll wait around and hear, "Goodbye"

Last CHORUS, slightly longer:

And in my celebration
You are by my side
And now I'm going down
And through the complications
Something inside me died
And now I'm going down

E
And all the big decisions
D
We never could decide
A                 Em G Em
And now I'm going down

And in my celebration
You are by my side
And now I'm going down